By following the links below, you will learn about the events and  get the news that shook the African Great Lakes Region in the period of 2001. You will find how news and events makers have shaped the destiny of the nations and the peoples in the region that encompasses the following countries and states: Angola, Burundi,  Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire or Congo-Kinshasa),  Kenya, Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), Rwanda,  Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa.

Among the key news and events makers are:  Red Cross, Italian Priest,  Tanzania, Janet Kagame, ADRN, Igihango, RCD,  Gisenyi, FDLR,  Paul Kagame, Rwandan Patriotic Army, Joseph Kabila, FDLR, UN Security Council, MONUC,  Rwanda Patriotic Front, RPA, RPF,  ALIR, Mayi-Mayi,  ARENA,  FOCA, United States of America (USA),  Tutsi, Hutu.

1. Kigali:  Italian priest  assassinated   October 8 2001
   

2. USA : Rwandan ex-Minister and family seek asylum in USA October 7 2001
   

3. Fizi:  War rages on;  intercongolese dialogue in tatters   October 1 2001
   

4. Kamina: RPF has sent false interahamwe  to fight in DRC  September 29, 2001 
   

5. Congo: Christopher Hakizabera: from RPF  to FDLR  September 12, 2001
   

6. Kamina: 3K FDLR troops presented to MONUC  and Diplomats  September 12, 2001
   

7. FDLR on PR spree; promises to withdraw troops from DRC September 7, 2001
   

8. UK:  Kagame offers to negotiate; FDLR rejects the conditions September 7, 2001
   

9. Kinshasa:  FDLR recognized by the International Community September 3, 2001
   

10. Rwandan rebels mingle with the population; NGOs worried August 31, 2001
    

11. RPF mogul accuses Kagame, Nziza, Karegeya of grave crimes August 31, 2001
    

12. Burundi : Government Soldiers massacre civilians  August 17, 2001
    

13. Kigali: Another Former RPF official escapes assassination August 17, 2001
    

14. Kigali: Former Rwandan President narrowly escapes assassination August 14, 2001
    

15. USA:  Kagame lobbies for a meeting with President Bush   August 12, 2001
    

16. USA:  Kigali accused  of persecuting VOA and BBC journalists August 7, 2001
    

17. Niger: UNHCR Representative persecutes Refugees   August 7, 2001
    

18. Rwanda: Opposition warns Kagame; war looming; more exiles  August 6, 2001
    

19. USA-Rwanda: ALIR Cleared in the murders of Tourists August 6, 2001
    

20. Rwanda: Kagame preempts a coup plot; assassination plots; August 4, 2001
    

21. Rwanda: Kajeguhakwa, the latest RPF casualty; August 3, 2001
    

22. Rwanda: Muligande, Secretary General of RPF prepares exile to USA Jul 31, 2001
    

23. Rwanda: Amnesty and IRIN confirm RPA decimated Habimana's family Jul 27, 2001
    

24. Congo: UNHCR and RPA coordinate to Repatriate Refugees July 26, 2001
    

25. Congo: Renewed fighting threatens Lusaka Accords  July 20, 2001
    

26. Rwanda:FDLR accuse RPA of slander  July 20, 2001
    

27. Rwanda:Rebel army officer captured;  RPA  Colonel killed July 13, 2001
    

28. Rwanda:Rebels  kill 27 Government soldiers, LDU create havoc  July 13, 2001
    

29. Germany-Rwa: FDLR Chairman calls on Kagame to start negotiations July 8, 2001
    

30. USA: First Rwandan Youth Summit declared a Success  July 4, 2001
    

31. Rwanda: The  Ambassador to the UN may seek asylum in USA  June 27, 2001
    

32. Rwanda: Rebels kill 60 RPA soldiers; Kagame postpones visit June 23, 2001
    

33. Rwanda: RPA opens new concentration camps to curb insurgency  June 17, 2001
    

34. Rwanda: Opposition repressed; Country in ebullition June 10, 2001
    

35. Rwanda: International Media, Corruption and Traffic of influence June 10, 2001
    

36. Rwandan army massacres civilians invited to a security meeting  May 22, 2001
    

37. Rwanda: Political parties desintegrate under RPF pressure    May 17, 2001
    

38. Goma: Kagame orders RCD -Goma officials to report to Gabiro May 14, 2001
    

39. Kosovo: Rwandan working for the UN in Kosovo fear for their lives  May 13, 2001
    

40. USA: Rwandan Students at LaRoche College to seek asylum in USA May 9, 2001
    

41. Canada: RPF delegates on recruitment and public relations spree May 4, 2001
    

42. Uganda: Missing ex-minister shows up in Uganda, May 4, 2001
    

43. Rwanda: Inside RPF killing machine  May 3, 2001
    

44. Rwaka , a victim of Kagame's crackdown on Dissenting Hutu and Tutsis May 3, 2001
    

45. Rwanda: Mugenga  a new casualty of Power Struggle within  RPF April  29, 2001
    

46. Belgium: RPF witnesses in Brussels; Refugees in travel to Rwanda April  21, 2001
    

47. Africa: Covert Operations in Africa: Smoking Gun in WashingtonApril 14, 2001
    

48. Rwanda-Power Struggle within PSD and RPA  April 14, 2001
    

49. Rwanda-Belgium: Taxpayers' francs fund false witnesses April 10, 2001
    

50. Rwanda: Corruption reaches unseen levels; opposition grows April 10, 2001
    

51. Rwandan create a new politico-military opposition party  April 06, 2001
    

52. Rusesabagina turns down Kagame's hero award, Violence alert; April 04, 2001
    

53. Belgium: Rwandan Refugees fear for their lives   March 29, 2001
    

54. Rwanda Heightened Cronysm and Power Struggle within RPF March 29, 2001
    

55. Rwandan hero award; RPA officers continue to desert and flee  March 23, 2001
    

56. Rwanda: Kagame speeds up crackdown on dissenting Hutu and Tutsi  March 17, 2001
    

57. Burundi: Buyoya's regime saved by Rwandan Patriotic Army      March 12, 2001
    

58. Rwanda: Inside Kagame's Circle of Cronies    March 11, 2001
    

59. Rwanda: President Habyarimana's assassins slowly eliminated     March 07, 2001
    

60. Rwanda: RPF Secretary General to be Replaced          March 03, 2001
    

61. Rwanda: the Rwandan Prime Minester to be fired     March  03, 2001
    

62. Alleged murderers of Sendashonga mysteriously die March 03, 2001
    

63. Pueto: Rwandan Patriotic Army Disguised into Banyamulenge March 03, 2001
    

64. Rwanda: Kagame refuses dialogue, recycles Hutu politicians February 26, 2001
    

65. The founder of Interahamwe to be appointed ambassador to the UN February 25, 2001
    

66. Rwanda:  Major Hutu party splits February 25, 2001
    

67. Rwanda:  RPA Senior Officer and Former Diplomat Assassinated  February 9, 2001
    

68. Woman Stole the show from Kagame at the US Institute for Peace  February 2, 2001
    

69. Rwanda:Kagame's visit causes an uproar in USA January 31, 2001
    

70. Rwanda: General Kagame visits USA twice in less than six months  January 25, 2001
    

71. Rwanda: RPF decides to eradicate political symbols January 16, 2001
    

72. Tutsi "Michigan Group" member appointed to a government position. January 6, 2001
    

73. In French: Rwandan Rebels kill RPA officers in Rwerere, Rwanda January 4, 2001
    

74. Members of the Rwandan Parliament ordered to resign  January 4, 2001
    

75. USAID may have funded an apartheid school in Rwanda  December 26, 2000
    

76. Rwandan Patriotic Army set for an offensive on Mbuji-Mayi December 26, 2000
    

77. Rwandan Speaker of the Parliament seeks asylum for kids in USA December 19, 2000
    

78. Rwandan Tutsi create an opposition party December 14, 2000
    

79. Bizimungu, Rwandan former President, seeks asylum in RSA December 9, 2000
    

80. Tanzania: A Rwandan Journalist assassinated November 27, 2000
    

81. Rwanda: A bitter power struggle is under way in Kigali.  November 26, 2000
    

82. USA:  US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney reelected with a landslide victory. November 8, 2000
    

83. Congo:  Rwandan  Hutus from prisons to congolese battlefronts  November 5, 2000
    

84. RWANDA: Diamond traffic, money laundring, and hit squads  October 28, 2000
    

85. Massacre de Touristes  dans le Parc Ougandais de  Buindi:  Du NouveauOctober  28,2000
    

86. Tourist Massacres in Ugandan Buindi Park: New Revelations October  28,2000
    

87. RWIGEMA ON RECONCILIATION IN RWANDAOctober 10,2000
    

88. FDLR ON PEACE NEGOCIATIONS IN BURUNDIOctober 6,2000
    

89. Alexander Kimenyi: the Portrait of a RebelSeptember 22,2000
    

90. RPF officials in USA Resign and Quit the Party September 9,2000
    

91. OPJDR accuses Kagame of Crimes September 4,2000
    

92. RPF threatened by schism September 4,2000
    

93. RPF allegedly setting up hit squads network in USA August 26,2000
    

94. A controversial visit to USA by General Paul Kagame August 12,2000
    

95. USA asked to extradite Rwandan ex-Prime Minister August 5,2000
    

96. Rwandan ex-Prime Minister seeks asylum in the USA July 20, 2000
    

97. Les officiers de l'APR en opérations en RDC se révoltentJune 11 2000
    

98. May May claim the responsibility of Wilson Rutayisire's deathJune 06 2000
    

99. DRC: Mayi-Mayi kill more than 100 RPA officersMay 07 2000
    

100. ALIR CLAIMS THAT AN ALLEGED CRIMINAL LEADS THE RWANDAN GOVMay 06 2000
     

101. Luizi, Katanga: the RPA may have used chemical weapons Mar 23 2000
     

102. Participatory Democracy: The RPF in MRND footsteps Mar 15 2000
     

103. UN MINISTRE BELGE ACCUSE DE COMPLICITE DANS DES ASSASSINATIONS Mar 15 2000
     

104. The death of Assiel Kabera hardly saddened any Rwandan Mar 06 2000
     

105. Tutsi Soldiers executed in Rwanda Feb 9 2000
     

106. Soldats Tutsi execute au Rwandase Feb 13 2000
     

107. Mayi-Mayi take shabunda Feb 7, 1999
     

108. ALIR attacks mutura (English) Dec 25, 1999
     

109. ALIR attacks mutura (French) Dec 28, 1999
     

110. ALIR attacks the Bigogwe Military Camp Dec 25, 1999
     

111. mukamira_nkuli09199.txt Dec 5, 1999
     

112. Savimbi in Kivu Dec 5 1999
     

113. ALIR against RPF mendate June 14, 1999
     

114. ALIR denounces Rwandan prisons July 1998
     

115. ALIR in Bushiru Aug 27, 1999
     

116. Bukavu: Mayi-Mayi accuses RPA of killings in Eastern Congo Oct 10, 1999
     

117. Rutshuru: Mayi-Mayi accuses RPA of killings in Eastern Congo Oct 10, 1999
     

118. Catholic Church under attack Nov 21, 1999
     

119. The forgotten Genocide April 6, 1999
     

120. RPA rounds up civilians June 13, 1999
     

121. The persecuted church June 10, 1999
     

122. ALIR for a countdown. Aug 1998 
     

123. ALIR in Mushubati, Gitarama Aug 1998
     

124. ALIR organization.txt June, 1998